It seemed most of the incoming senior class were in attendance at Jordan McKnight's annual end of year party held at her rustic ranch-style house located on Thurston Drive. Students were in and out of the house dancing, getting wasted with alcohol and of course making out.

 

Eastside by Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid was playing at full volume from the speakers connected to a laptop in the foyer.

 

Tommy Covington, along with his girlfriend Tanner Lockhart, her twin sister Lynn and her boyfriend Elijah Barker were arriving at the party. The four of them make it inside the house which they see people drinking and some messing with homemade hookahs.

 

In spite of Tommy going to several parties all over the world where he has seen people his own age taking cocaine and popping in Molly like candy. He still is quite curious as to how these small town teens can get away with the lightweight stuff?

 

"How in the hell does a daughter of a police officer have a party with liquor and whatever they're getting high without getting caught?"

 

The three longtime friends share a similar glance at one another.

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"Her father is hardly around since her brother was killed," Lynn informs him.

 

Jordan's strict police chief father Ernest McKnight spends more time at the police station than his own house since his eldest son and namesake was shot in the line of duty as a rookie cop. And her older brother Presley is at a seminary in Missouri.

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Tommy had no idea that she lost a brother, let alone even had two. She never told him about her family that much often going on about cross country or something else entirely.

 

Elijah scratches his head as he grabs a bottle of beer out of the cooler by a wall. "And her mother would rather have her  throw a rager at the house than for her to go out because of E.J."

 

Like clockwork, the host approaches them alongside her big-breasted best friend Mariana Anson who doesn't hide her confusion as to why the three out of the four of them is gracing them with their presence.

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Typically Jordan is dressed like a twenty-something night-club goer in black faux leather shorts with a black tank top showing her bare midriff, and her long wavy long blonde hair is hanging past her shoulders.

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"Hey you guys, having a good time so far?  I can also promise that neither of my parents won't show up."

 

Both Lenny and Tanner rolled their eyes at her dig at them referring to when their ill-fated house party was interrupted by their parents who were tipped off by Brynn Barker who found out on her son's social media page.

 

"How original Jordan," Elijah exclaims sarcastically

 

It was a time when he, the twins, and she were once good close friends. Until she grew apart from them after her brother's death. She ended up becoming one of the most popular girls in school with sudden hate on for them.

 

"Well, you can always leave Principal Boy," Mariana says in a manner that she thinks he smells crap.

 

"I see you didn't get the alert," Elijah mumbles to himself.

 

Lynn and he take off out the living room deciding they both had enough of the girls' antics.

 

Jordan starts to become transfixed at his muscular physique underneath his black and white striped t-shirt. "Let me show you around the place." she then puts a hand on his forearm.

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Rightfully putting an end to this nonsense in front of her. Tanner places her arm around her boyfriend's neck protectively.  "We would love too."

 

Jordan couldn't believe that he was dating the same girl who carries around her violin up and down the halls at school. And in her own universe, Tommy and she would be dating instead of him and Tanner Lockhart.

 

"You have been here before, so you don't need to come," Jordan says in annoyance.

 

"Maybe later," Tommy tells her nicely.

 

With one final look of disappointment, Jordan heads out of the way with Mariana following behind her.

 

"Does this count as our first date?" Tommy inquires casually

 

Tanner looks up at her good looking blonde boyfriend. "It would've been if it wasn't here," she says over the music.

 

If he was single, he would definitely be interested in Jordan. Recognizing how hot and bold she is, it makes no sense that she was not already taken with someone else.